Empire builder Crossword Clue
4 letters · New York Times · Thursday, March 1, 2001 · 15-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Thursday, March 1, 2001.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · March 1, 2001 · 15-Across · 4 letters
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the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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